Late Jurassic Channels and Associated fill, Eromanga Basin (ATP 259P), Queensland: A Seismic Stratigraphic Study

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 238-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian F. Young
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1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
R. V. Halyburton ◽  
A. L. Robertson

The Jackson oil field was discovered late in 1981 with the drilling of Jackson 1, which was programmed as an exploration well designed to test the Jurassic-Cretaceous Eromanga Basin sequence and the Permian Cooper Basin sequence, if present. The well tested oil from three formations.The first test to produce oil was carried out across a sand in the Early Cretaceous Murta Member of the Mooga Formation. The zone produced 47° API gravity oil at the rate of 338 barrels (53.7 kilolitres) of oil per day. This was followed by two tests which produced 41° API gravity oil at the rates of 188 and 1165 barrels (29.9 and 185.2 kilolitres) per day respectively from thin sands in the Late Jurassic Westbourne Formation. As a fitting conclusion, the well intersected a 100ft (30 m) oil-saturated section in the Jurassic Hutton Sandstone which on testing flowed 41° API gravity oil at a maximum rate of 2616 barrels (415.9 kilolitres) per day.Four appraisal wells subsequently drilled in the Jackson Field confirmed the initial belief that development of the field was a viable proposition.Compared to the Hutton and Westbourne accumulations, the size of the Murta accumulation is relatively insignificant. The accumulation in the Murta is primarily controlled by structure. On the other hand, the Westbourne accumulation appears to have a strong component of stratigraphic control. In the Hutton accumulation, there is a fair amount of variation in the geometry of the sand bodies at the top of the reservoirs. The accumulation is, however, dominantly controlled by structure.


1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gravestock ◽  
M. Griffiths ◽  
A. Hill

The Hutton Sandstone in the South Australian portion of the Eromanga Basin consists of two units, one Early to Middle Jurassic, the other Middle to Late Jurassic in age. The younger unit may conformably overlie the older in areas of persistent subsidence but either may be thin or absent in areas of complex structure.Siliceous and calcareous authigenic cements at the top of the older unit and within the younger unit indicate surficial weathering in a warm arid to humid climate, supported independently by palaeofloral and faunal evidence. Duricrusts of Middle to Late Jurassic age have been recorded in outcrop from the southwest Eromanga Basin margin and the Surat Basin region.Both units have disconformity trap potential and the younger unit has additional poor to excellent stratigraphic trap potential. Exploration strategies will be enhanced by mapping each unit as a separate reservoir and by recognizing the downflank stratigraphic trap potential of the younger unit.


1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
T. J. Mount

Dullingari North 1 discovered oil in thin sandstone in the Murta Member of the Mooga Formation in the Dullingari area.The well is about 70 km east of Moomba in northeastern South Australia.The oil flow was the first from the upper Mooga Formation (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) and the reservoirs are the youngest known oil producers in the western Eromanga Basin.


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